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Roger Daniells-Smith (1974)

Team

Criminal

Education

LL.B. (Hons.) King’s College London; AKC

Practice

Roger practises exclusively in criminal law, principally on the South Eastern Circuit. He prosecutes and defends and undertakes leading work in both disciplines. His principal area of expertise is in serious sex offences, but he also has significant expertise in cases involving proceeds of crime, drug trafficking, and fraud.

Profile

Roger trained under Barbara Mills Q.C. (later to become DPP and head of the Crown Prosecution Service). His second six-month pupillage was in the Chambers of the then Attorney-General where he saw much work relating to the terrorist activities of the IRA. He was head of Chambers for a short interregnum, and has for the last 10 years been deputy head of Chambers.

This year Roger has had a successful run of high profile prosecutions, instructed by the CPS Media Interest department. The year strated with a wounding case at Southwark Crown Court in which the crime editor of a well known daily paper was the victim. In the next case, Roger prosecuted a British Airways steward for a sexual assault on a high profile leader of the world bank on a BA flight to Washington. The year culminated in the successful prosecution of the international/Premiership footballer Marlon King for a sexual and violent assault on a young girl, which led to much international press interest, and interviews for both TV and radio.

Roger continues to give seminars in sex offences and domestic violence for the Bar and Law Society.

Roger is married with 2 children and lives in east London. His hobbies include narrow-boating and Rugby Union. He speaks French and Polish.

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit
Central Criminal Court Bar Mess
Central London Bar Mess
Middle Temple

Example of recent cases

Defence Cases

R v Andrew Holland Mold Crown Court - the first case of extreme pornography brought under the new Act.This case became a media circus when the tiger depicted in the image transpired to be a spoof of Tony the Tiger from the Frosties advert. Other images include the BME Pain Olympics video.

R v S - Kidnapping at Snaresbrook Crown Court

R v H - Sexual Assault at Kingston Crown Court

R v G - 2 week GBH at Snaresbrook Crown Court

R v M - Money Laundering at Isleworth Crown Court

R v Darley - Large scale child porngraphy case where our client was acquitted on all counts at Liverpool Crown Court

R v K & Others - 2 week multi handed false accounting at Reading Crown Court

R v H & Others - 2 week multi handed robbery at Blackfriars Crown Court

Prosecution Cases

R v B - ABH at Southwark Crown Court

R v N & Others - 2 week multi handed violent disorder at Wood Green Crown Court

R v A & Others - 2 week multi handed violent disorder at Snaresbrook Crown Court

R v B - 2 week GBH at Inner London Crown Court

R v JA - 1 week ABH at Snaresbrook Crown Court

R v K - GBH at Southwark Crown Court

R v M - Possession of class A with intent to supply at Isleworth Crown Court

R v T - Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life at Woolwich Crown Court

R v L - 1 week sexual Assault at Isleworth Crown Court

R v M & Others - Multi handed ABH at Snaresbrook Crown Court

R v King - 1 week trial where we successfully prosecuted a Premiership/International footballer charged with sexual assault and ABH at Southwark Crown Court

R v H & 2 0thers - 7 day multi handed trial where we successfully prosecuted a street robbery case where the victim was knock out cold and robbed at Snaresbrook Crown Court

Roger Daniells-Smith is a grade 3 prosecutor.